0 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 2 Aug \ on: whats bitcoin adoption like in lugano bitcoin
Some questions for you:
  • what was the most used wallet BTC-LN app in Lugano by merchants?
  • what was the most used wallet BTC-LN app in Lugano by customers?
  • did all those merchants are holding their received sats and/or creating a Bitcoin circular economy? Or they are just selling them for more fiat (aka giving them to Blackrock, Saylor and govs) ?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @aeonbit 2 Aug
I can reply you 1 and 3 after my trip to Lugano a while ago.
what was the most used wallet BTC-LN app in Lugano by merchants?
All merchants use the same payment terminals, provided by plan B, that are filled with different shitcoin functions and have the lightning payment in a submenu.
did all those merchants are holding their received sats and/or creating a Bitcoin circular economy?
Unfortunately it is even worse than that. The payment terminals automatically convert the received bitcoin to fiat CHF, which is booked some days later to the merchant's bank account.
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142 sats \ 0 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 3 Aug
Unfortunately it is even worse than that. The payment terminals automatically convert the received bitcoin to fiat CHF, which is booked some days later to the merchant's bank account.
Yes and no! They can HODL if they choose to. I couldn't find any that did though :/
  1. Bitfinex PoS
  2. Some use the Luga app which is actually quite good because of the cashback benefits. It's only available to residents. But probably Wallet of Satoshi as that one is most used by the world.
  3. That's quite loaded 🤣 They can HODL but they're not gonna hodl something they don't understand. They might start accepting bitcoin; learn about it then switch to HOLD mode. Equally, they might just forever convert to fiat. The choice is there and the reliability + education is fortunately on hand.
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